The Road Back to Diesel with Purus Labs ConDense

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Lifting History

I have been lifting consistently for the past 10-11 years and have done competitive powerlifting for the past 5. While prepping for a meet that was taking place last Novemeber, I had a Grade 2 sprain of my left AC Joint. I continued training as I was approaching my 600 raw deadlift goal and severely reinjured 2 bad disks. I was out of the game until March when I bagan doing whatever lifts I could such as light arms, rows, light legs etc. Nothing vertical, no pressing, and no heavy legs. As of right now, I am finally getting back to being normal. My back has healed up nicely and my shoulder has drastically improved. I have now been able to do some benching and vertical movements such as pull ups for the past month or so.

Goals While Logging ConDense

My goal while logging ConDense is to not only reach my previous PR's, but also to surpass as many of them as possible. That may be difficult with bench, military, etc. as I am taking it slow to recover for those but I believe it should be doable for Squats, deadlifts, rows, etc.

Decided to delay my bench workout until last night so that I could lift with my older brother. At 39 he still hits 405 for a few on bench so it motivates me to get back healed and strong. I am taking it pretty easy on my shoulder for now since this was only my third bench day back from my injury. Lighter volume and weight at first and slowly increasing both as the weeks pass. This should give me a good starting point to base my log off of though.

Overall, I was pleased with my workout. Bench has gone from 185x14 up to 185x23 in 3 weeks which is good news because my endurance is never good but my strength and endurance both seem to be coming back quickly. Im estimating my bench to be about 40 pounds less than pre injury. Happy with my tricep strength on tricep extensions since I have not tried extensions in 10 months from my shoulder and I feel 135 is a solid weight for them. Unfortunately, the gym I went to didn't have dumbells over 100's but its for the best I guess because I should not be doing any heavy shrugs yet and I feel high reps of lighter weight for them help rehab my shoulder a bit not to mention a hell of a grip workout. Im just excited to finally be getting back in the groove of things. Not doing any sort of pressing for 10 months was horrible

Can't wait for ConDense to get here and watch these bolded numbers rise

135x9 for skull crushers!! Yeah I would say your triceps are still rocking. Your chest should have been blown up and full after that rep scheme too. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Haha yeah it looked like I sucked on a helium hose and the chest is already killing me today. The high reps feel good I just can't wait to drop to some doubles and triples and move some real weight. Triceps have always been pretty strong but I was shocked to see such little strength drop off from them.

Thanks again for all the subs. Hoping to get a sick back day in tonight

Ok so I have a decent base workout for back. Before I start, I must go on my tangent on bent over rows. I hate Yates rows and everything they have become. I saw about 3 different people in the gym last night doing some half ass upright row/shrug/bent row combination with about a 3 inch range of motion. Nothing drives me crazier. IMO Bent over rows are just that: completely bent over, back abosolutley parallel to the floor. I know people say Yates rows target different muscles etc. and I used to believe that too but the fact is you recruit maybe a 3rd of the muscles that you do on the real thing. When I did Yate's rows I got up to 275 for 5 or 6 reps. I went to a major powerlifting gym here in Atlanta and started doing them and everyone just laughed at me as they should of. They made me do a real bent over row and I could only do 135. That says enough right there. If you want your back to get huge, bench to sky rocket, and shoulders much healthier and more stable, Get parallel to the floor, take a wider grip, and row to your lower chest. Ideally the best thing to do is use the same width motion as when you bench and bring it up to the same part of your chest you lower the bar to when you bench. This keeps you balanced, healthy, and strong. This simple transition made my back, as well as everyone I trained with, literally get bigger every workout and not one of our bench maxes didn't improve. Sorry for the rant it just just drives me absolutely crazy to never see anybody doing a real row.

Song of the Day: Pantera - Becoming

Reverse Grip Bent Over Rows:

Barx50
135x10
135x8
185x8
225x10
225x9

Pull ups:

bwx26
bwx22

Seated Close Grip Cable Rows:

160x10
180x10
200x10
220x12

Kroc Rows
100x21
100x18

Rear Lateral Raises:
35'sx12
35'sx12
35'sx12

Band Pull Aparts

Overall not a bad workout. Havent done reverse grip rows in a good while so it was an interesting challenge. This is my second workout incorporating pull ups since my injury and I guess all the rows helped keep my numbers up. My gym really needs to get heavier dumbells I love heavy dumbell rows and would go up to 150s with no straps at my old gym. Did wonders for back thickness and grip strength. Everything else was pretty normal.

Ok so I have a decent base workout for back. Before I start, I must go on my tangent on bent over rows. I hate Yates rows and everything they have become. I saw about 3 different people in the gym last night doing some half ass upright row/shrug/bent row combination with about a 3 inch range of motion. Nothing drives me crazier. IMO Bent over rows are just that: completely bent over, back abosolutley parallel to the floor. I know people say Yates rows target different muscles etc. and I used to believe that too but the fact is you recruit maybe a 3rd of the muscles that you do on the real thing. When I did Yate's rows I got up to 275 for 5 or 6 reps. I went to a major powerlifting gym here in Atlanta and started doing them and everyone just laughed at me as they should of. They made me do a real bent over row and I could only do 135. That says enough right there. If you want your back to get huge, bench to sky rocket, and shoulders much healthier and more stable, Get parallel to the floor, take a wider grip, and row to your lower chest. Ideally the best thing to do is use the same width motion as when you bench and bring it up to the same part of your chest you lower the bar to when you bench. This keeps you balanced, healthy, and strong. This simple transition made my back, as well as everyone I trained with, literally get bigger every workout and not one of our bench maxes didn't improve. Sorry for the rant it just just drives me absolutely crazy to never see anybody doing a real row.

Song of the Day: Pantera - Becoming

Reverse Grip Bent Over Rows:

Barx50
135x10
135x8
185x8
225x10
225x9

Pull ups:

bwx26
bwx22

Seated Close Grip Cable Rows:

160x10
180x10
200x10
220x12

Kroc Rows
100x21
100x18

Rear Lateral Raises:
35'sx12
35'sx12
35'sx12

Band Pull Aparts

Overall not a bad workout. Havent done reverse grip rows in a good while so it was an interesting challenge. This is my second workout incorporating pull ups since my injury and I guess all the rows helped keep my numbers up. My gym really needs to get heavier dumbells I love heavy dumbell rows and would go up to 150s with no straps at my old gym. Did wonders for back thickness and grip strength. Everything else was pretty normal.

Couldn't agree more about bent rows. Parallel to the ground is the way to go

Ok so I have a decent base workout for back. Before I start, I must go on my tangent on bent over rows. I hate Yates rows and everything they have become. I saw about 3 different people in the gym last night doing some half ass upright row/shrug/bent row combination with about a 3 inch range of motion. Nothing drives me crazier. IMO Bent over rows are just that: completely bent over, back abosolutley parallel to the floor. I know people say Yates rows target different muscles etc. and I used to believe that too but the fact is you recruit maybe a 3rd of the muscles that you do on the real thing. When I did Yate's rows I got up to 275 for 5 or 6 reps. I went to a major powerlifting gym here in Atlanta and started doing them and everyone just laughed at me as they should of. They made me do a real bent over row and I could only do 135. That says enough right there. If you want your back to get huge, bench to sky rocket, and shoulders much healthier and more stable, Get parallel to the floor, take a wider grip, and row to your lower chest. Ideally the best thing to do is use the same width motion as when you bench and bring it up to the same part of your chest you lower the bar to when you bench. This keeps you balanced, healthy, and strong. This simple transition made my back, as well as everyone I trained with, literally get bigger every workout and not one of our bench maxes didn't improve. Sorry for the rant it just just drives me absolutely crazy to never see anybody doing a real row.

Song of the Day: Pantera - Becoming

Reverse Grip Bent Over Rows:

Barx50
135x10
135x8
185x8
225x10
225x9

Pull ups:

bwx26
bwx22

Seated Close Grip Cable Rows:

160x10
180x10
200x10
220x12

Kroc Rows
100x21
100x18

Rear Lateral Raises:
35'sx12
35'sx12
35'sx12

Band Pull Aparts

Overall not a bad workout. Havent done reverse grip rows in a good while so it was an interesting challenge. This is my second workout incorporating pull ups since my injury and I guess all the rows helped keep my numbers up. My gym really needs to get heavier dumbells I love heavy dumbell rows and would go up to 150s with no straps at my old gym. Did wonders for back thickness and grip strength. Everything else was pretty normal.

My back has been feeling a good bit better so I decided to do my first leg workout in about 3 months (I have been dealing with 2 herniated disks ever since football.) Was definitely a bit weaker but my leg strength comes back ridiculously fast. Once the reps got hard I stopped. I wanted to ease my back into things to prevent re-injuring it.

Squats:

Barx10
135x10
225x10
275x8
315x6 (Had a few more in me)

Barbell Lunges:

135x10
155x10
155x10

Straight Leg Deadlifts:

10x135
10x185
10x225

Legs were fried and I can barely walk today. Back still hurt a bit on squats but nothing severe. Hopefully my Chiropractor can get me straightened out soon so I can really push it. Condense has not arrived yet but I am going to go home and check again before I hit today's bench workout.

Still no ConDense but I grabbed a quick bench workout yesterday. Strength still coming back nicely but I did pretty low volume because my shoulder started aching again. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was not hydrated enough.

Song of the Day: Busta Rhymes - Break Yo Neck

Bench:

barx50
135x10
135x10
185x26

Dumbell Hammer Grip Bench

10x100's
10x100's

Dumbell Skull Crushers

15x30's
10x30's
10x40's
12x50's

Tricep Pushdowns:

22x100
20x100

Next week I will increase my bench sets by 20 lbs and probably shoot for a 20 lb increase every 2-3 weeks depending on how the shoulder feels. Reps of 185 have gone up 3 reps every session so strength is coming back. Hopefully my ConDense will be here today so I can use it for my favorite day tomorrow: Back.